| ADJECTIVE | all | sudden | happening / happening without warning or in a short space of time |
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| Sounds | sah'dahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | happening / happening without warning or in a short space of time. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | abrupt | Exceedingly sudden and unexpected |
| choppy, jerky | marked by abrupt transitions | |
| emergent | Occurring unexpectedly / unexpectedly and requiring urgent action | |
| explosive | sudden and loud | |
| fulminant | sudden and severe | |
| sharp | Very sudden and in great amount or degree | |
| See also | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
| Opposite | gradual | proceeding in small stages / stages |
| Spanish | abrupto, brusco, repentina, repentino, súbito | |
| Catalan | sobtat | |
| Nouns | suddenness | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
| Adverbs | suddenly | quickly and without warning |
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